Three Percent Podcast

In this week's podcast, we talk about the future of book
reviewing, focusing on a few central questions: who reads book
reviews? (A: definitely not my students), what is the function of
the book review in today's world?, is there a website/app that
would be the ideal book review platform? We also digress into
sports...

With the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament getting underway this
afternoon (I refuse to acknowledge the "First Four" games), Tom and
I thought this would be a good time to talk about the fact that we
both picked the exact same Final Four (Kentucky, Missouri, UNC, and
Ohio State) and that The Morning News's Tournament...

To celebrate tonight's announcements of the National Book Critic
Circle Award winners, Tom and I decided to go through all six
categories (fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, biography,
criticism, and poetry) and pick out who we thought would win.
Seeing that neither of us has read many of the finalists, this
makes for...

In this week's podcast, Chad and Tom welcome Ed Nawotka, editor
of Publishing Perspectives, to unpack the Best Translated Book
Award fiction longlist that was announced this week. (Also, Harry
Potter, the Oscars, and other fun miscellany all make random
appearances.)

About the Podcast

The Three Percent Podcast is a weekly(ish) conversation about new books, the publishing scene, international literature in translation, and many other random rants and raves. Chad W. Post of Open Letter Books and Tom Roberge of New Directions and Albertine Bookstore keep things irreverent, informed, and funny in a podcast that'll keep you up to date on the international literary and publishing worlds. Maybe. (Presented by Three Percent @ the University of Rochester.)